WINDHOEK, 26 December 2025 - The Katutura State Hospital maternity ward. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (Photo: Contributed)

GROOTFONTEIN, 19 December 2025 - The accident scene where two trucks and a passenger bus were involved in a collision Friday afternoon outside Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. (Photo: Contributed)

01 January 2026, Hamburg: Employees of the Hamburg city cleaning service clear burnt fireworks and other garbage from the Jan Fedder promenade in front of the Cap San Diego museum ship at the jetties in the port after New Year's Eve. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

Sikh devotees gather to pray at the Golden Temple on New Year's Day in Amritsar on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (R) introduces Mike Flynn to lead the NYC Department of Transportation after he was sworn in on January 1, 2026 in New York. New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to become the US city's first Muslim mayor, and the youthful optimism of his Democratic Socialist platform will be put to the test as he takes office on January 1, 2026, with high expectations. (Photo by Amir Hamja / POOL / AFP)

Sikh devotees gather to pray at the Golden Temple on New Year's Day in Amritsar on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)